Dear list,
This week there were news articles about Bill Cosby
admitting he got drugs to give to women, abuse cases in the UK are "bungled,"
French soldiers suspended in a child abuse investigation and Argentine judges
were allowed to resign.
APNewsBreak: Cosby said he
got drugs to give women for sexBill Cosby testified in 2005 that he got
Quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex
with, and he admitted giving the sedative to at least one woman and "other
people," according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press..
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6d90b1f473f147ed9f0048f9e9ac2287/apnewsbreak-cosby-said-he-got-drugs-give-women-sex
Walt Disney World removes Bill Cosby bust from Hollywood
StudiosWalt Disney World has reportedly removed a statue depicting Bill
Cosby from its Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando, Fla. after closing time
on Tuesday.
The bronze bust's removal comes just one day after the unsealing
of court documents from a 2005 deposition wherein the embattled Cosby admitted
to obtaining Quaaludes to give to a woman "he wanted to have sex with."
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/trending/Walt-Disney-World-removes-Bill-Cosby-bust-from-Hollywood-Studios.html
Cosby accuser asks judge to void confidentiality dealAndrea
Constand, the former Temple University employee who lodged sexual-assault
allegations against Bill Cosby in a 2005 lawsuit, now says she wants to publicly
tell her story.
Before settling her suit in 2006, Constand had lined up as
potential witnesses 13 women willing to testify that Cosby had drugged and
assaulted them.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150709_Cosby_accuser_asks_judge_to_void_confidentiality_deal__let_her_speak_publicly_about_2004_assault_allegations.html
Dartmoor ewe slaughtered in 'Satanic ritual'Farmer says it is
the latest in a line of night attacks by devil worshippers across Devon and
Cornwall
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/farming/11698022/Dartmoor-ewe-slaughtered-in-Satanic-ritual.html
Police bungle HALF of online child abuse cases: Examination of
serious allegations was ‘superficial' and basic police work not carried out,
damning reports find Experts say that 38 per
cent of investigations involving vulnerable children are riddled with
‘inconsistencies'
While half of police probes into child
abuse on the internet branded 'inadequate' in series of
reports
In some cases, basic police work such as taking
photographs of the scene were not undertaken
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3146630/Police-bungle-HALF-online-child-abuse-cases-Examination-allegations-superficial-basic-police-work-not-carried-damning-reports-find.html
Two French soldiers suspended over child abuse allegations in Burkina
FasoIn another similar incident, a leaked United Nations report in April
alleged 16 French peacekeepers abused children in the Central African Republic
by exchanging goods, such as food, for sex between December 2013 and June
2014
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/07/01/Two-French-soldiers-suspended-over-child-abuse-allegations-in-Burkina-Faso/3721435747266/
Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse in the CAR Not Given Priority by
the United Nationshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/bea-edwards/allegations-of-child-sexu_b_7735940.html
Argentine Judges Allowed to Resign After Child Abuse
RulingTwo Argentine judges whose controversial decision to reduce the
sentence of a convicted child abuser provoked widespread anger here have had
their resignations accepted, Argentina's state news agency reported on
Saturday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/05/world/americas/argentine-judges-allowed-to-resign-after-child-abuse-ruling.html
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Abuse And Extreme Abuse Clinician’s Conference August 2015